What's happening
This bill creates a special "NYC Fire Riders" license plate for active or retired New York City firefighters who are club members.
Why it matters
Recognizes and honors NYC firefighters. by establishing a special license plate specifically for active or retired FDNY members who belong to the Fire Riders Motorcycle Club, supporting their sense of community and public identity.
Sets clear eligibility requirements. for applicants, ensuring only active or retired uniformed New York City firefighters who are current club members can obtain the plate, preserving its exclusivity and intended meaning.
Imposes additional costs and safeguards. by requiring a $15 annual service charge for the plate and, unless there are 200 advance orders, a $6,000 surety bond to cover initial production costs—helping to prevent financial risk to the state if demand is low.
Links plate production to demand. by mandating at least 200 pre-orders or a bond; if enough plates aren’t sold within two years, the state can recover costs from the bond, ensuring public funds are not misused for niche specialty plates.
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Special Plates for Fire Riders
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History
- Print number 6644b
- Amend and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
- Print number 6644a
- Amend and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Fire Riders License Plates
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Andrew J. Lanza
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6644--B
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 10, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to creating distinctive plates for the New York city fire riders motorcycle club
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 404-z to read as follows:
§ 404-z. Distinctive plates for New York city fire riders motorcycle club. 1. Any member of the New York city fire riders motorcycle club shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the words "NYC Fire Riders". Application for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
2. A distinctive plate authorized by subdivision one of this section shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant is a member of the New York city fire riders motorcycle club.
3. For the purposes of this section, "member of the New York city fire riders motorcycle club" shall mean a person who is a resident of this state, who is an active or retired uniformed member of the New York city fire department and who holds an active membership in the New York city fire riders motorcycle club.
4. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued in the same manner as other number plates upon the payment of the regular registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article, provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of fifteen dollars shall be charged for such plate.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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A. 6644--B 2
§ 2. (a) A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-z of the vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a surety bond in the amount of six thousand dollars, which shall be executed by a surety company authorized by the department of financial services to transact business in this state. Provided, however, that if the commissioner of motor vehicles shall have received prior to plate design, production and issuance at least two hundred orders for such distinctive plate together with the additional annual service charge applicable to each such order, which shall be non-refundable, no such surety bond shall be required. All service charges collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo of the vehicle and traffic law to the credit of the department of motor vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section 95-g of the state finance law and shall be used for the design, production, advertising and distribution of distinctive license plates in accordance with such section 95-g.
(b) If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which distinctive plates in the series are first available for sale two hundred or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred sets of such plates are sold by such time, the department of motor vehicles shall be entitled to recover against the bond in an amount proportionate to such shortfall.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that section one of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law; and provided further, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of section one of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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